Because Blood Rose and Blood Spirit were staying in the Blood God Cult, while Huo Hai had no desire to remain there any longer, he ultimately left. Before departing, however, he obtained a Battle Spirit Art—a Divine-Grade Battle Spirit Art.
Huo Hai had found it in the Blood God Cult's Scripture Pavilion, and it was also a gift from the Blood God Ancestor. He knew that this thing was utterly useless to the people of the Blood God Cult, but to him, it was practically a divine skill. Looking at the Gang Qi Protection in his hand, Huo Hai could scarcely contain his delight. He happened to be lacking a defensive Battle Spirit Art.
Gang Qi Protection had nothing remarkable about its name, but only upon carefully reading its contents did one realize just how terrifying it was.
The so-called Gang Qi was not ordinary Gang Qi, but Sword Qi transformed into Gang Qi. With Huo Hai's current Sword Qi, transforming it into Gang Qi was exceedingly easy. This Gang Qi used Blade Qi, Sword Qi, and similar forces for reinforcement, then condensed them into a special defense.
Like armor, this defensive layer covered his entire body. It could operate on its own when attacked, and its defensive power was extremely formidable. Most importantly, it was condensed from Sword Qi, so its abilities were far more than mere defense.
Once attacked, it would defend against the blow while the Sword Qi automatically counterattacked. For an expert like Huo Hai, who wielded Sword Qi, it could not have been more suitable. Ninefold Starlight had long since reached its limit and could no longer be cultivated. Huo Hai had already decided that after returning, he would dissolve the seed of Ninefold Starlight and begin condensing this layer of sword armor.
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